Consider the philosophy of Les Waas, president of the Procrastinators Club of America (mottos: "Procrastinate Now" and "Anything Worth Doing is Worth Putting Off"). He has promised to get his 2005 Christmas shopping done, well, sometime before Christmas 2006.

He's been president of the group since 1956 simply because the group hasn't gotten around to organizing another slate of candidates to run.

Though extremely busy because he's smack in the middle of the 1998 membership campaign, Waas agreed to take a moment to explain his resolution.

"When you give a gift after Christmas, people appreciate it more, and the prices are lower now than before the holiday," he says.

Indeed, in these busy, busy days, you can't do anything without putting something off, he says.

"We're behind you all the way," he chuckles.

Another group that strives to make life easier is the International Association of People Who Dine Over the Kitchen Sink. (Motto: "No Shirt, No Shoes, No Problem.) Mention the group to anyone, and the response is always the same: "Hey, I've done that."

That's a typical response, says group founder Norm Hankoff.

"As years go by, more and more formerly guilt-ridden, shamefaced people come out of the closet, or in this case, the pantry," he says.

The Sinkies' annual holiday is always the day after Thanksgiving. The group is open only to people who eat. Its mission is to reduce the clutter in our lives, starting with tables and chairs, explains the Sinkie Web site.

In the year ahead, Sinkies should make a concerted effort to spend more time dining in a romantic setting, one with a view overlooking the water, and by so doing, getting in touch with their inner Sinkie, Hankoff says.

And by water, he means neither a sylvan lake nor a sleepy lagoon.

"It merely refers to a sink beneath a faucet. Sinkie humor, as it were," he says.

Henry Roll of Nanty Glo, Cambria County, is the executive officer of the Absurd Special Interest Group, which includes members of Mensa who are interested in absurd humor.

Years ago, the late Isaac Asimov was a member. Roll met him at a Star Trek convention.

The group's sole mission is to make people laugh, he says.

Not only did Roll commit to a long list of resolutions -- two of which were very profound -- he also had a list of predictions for the coming year that included Britney Spears will enter the convent and become a Sister of Chastity.

People will call her the singing, flying, swinging dancing nun," he says.

Also, he predicts President Bush will take a four-month vacation during which his popularity ratings will rise but only until he returns to work.

He named several resolutions. Among them were a promise not to use Drano as a laxative and another not to juggle cactus.

More absurd, however, was his resolution not to "Merticate a gnitsey without adequate pazootic," which means just what you think it means, he says.

And his last resolution:

"Don't stop to deliberate when someone asks if you love them," Roll says.

For folks who are truly trying to better themselves, Sarcastics Anonymous offers its three-pronged mission to those who need its services.

First and foremost, the group exists for sarcastic people who would like to get their nasty habit under control.

Second, they're there for you if you'd like to hone your skills.

And the third component -- SarcAnon -- is for people forced to live or work with sarcasm, says Virginia O. Tooper of Oakland, Calif., who started the group in 1984.

The sweet-sounding woman, who holds a doctoral degree in special education, has also written a book, "1,401 Things That P*ss Me Off," under the pseudonym I.M. Peeved. She also gives workshops in humor defense.

Speaking from the land of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, she says she's seen sarcasm "flying everywhere" on the political front.

"There was more in the 2004 presidential election than ever, and it's getting stronger and stronger."

In an effort to defuse the tactic that only makes politics harder and messier, she advises pols to make like Ronald Reagan and play dumb when they're sarcastically attacked.

She resolves to stick with her very unfunny financial adviser, and advises others to do the same.

"You want them to be dead serious, if not just plain dead," she says.

More than anything, though, she says she resolves to stay in good humor in 2006, and says everyone should try to do the same.